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Duffner, Robert W.

The adaptive optics revolution a history / [electronic resource] : Robert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009. - xxviii, 457 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sputnik, reality, and technology -- Early days : the Romans -- Rome and Itek : first adaptive optics systems -- Laser guide stars -- Fugate's Rayleigh guide star experiments -- Lincoln laboratory -- Sharing the gold : astronomical nuggets -- Strategic defense initiative -- Airborne laser -- 3.5-meter military telescope complex : Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico -- 3.67-meter military telescope complex : Maui, Hawaii -- Sodium guide star laser : the future.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780826346933 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Optics, Adaptive--History.
Optics, Adaptive--Research--History.--United States
Laser guide star adaptive optics.
Lasers--Military applications.
Space telescopes.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TA1522 / .D84 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 621.36/9